An electrical problem is being blamed for a fire that destroyed the Confederation College campus in Dryden early Friday morning. “Two insurance companies are on the scene right now trying to pinpoint the specific cause,” Dryden Deputy Fire Chief Ken Kurz said this morning. “But they’re having a tough time […]
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Following the positive response to the red rope lights which illuminated Scott Street during the Christmas season, the Business Improvement Area is looking to stick with the idea year-round. Clear rope lights likely will be wrapped around 30 lights poles on the 100-300 blocks of Scott Street shortly. “Everybody [on […]
Classes at Confederation College here were cancelled Friday after an early-morning fire destroyed the campus in Dryden. “From people I’ve talked to there, they weren’t able to save anything,” Don Lovisa, local campus manager, said Friday morning. Lovisa was awakened by a phone call at 5:45 a.m., informing him a […]
Scotsmen from across the district will wear their kilts and raise their glasses to Scotland’s most celebrated poet, Robbie Burns, on Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. Ticket sales for the annual Robbie Burns supper have been as brisk as the winter wind on a Scot’s bare legs. Dinner chairman […]
Haul out the snowboards and skis! After five years of planning, the Little Beaver Snow Park here will open for business Friday at 4 p.m. The snow park, owned and operated by Bob Hamilton, is located on Balsam Street off McIrvine Road (near the landfill site) Snowboarders and skiers will […]
“We can do this nice, or nasty.” These were some of the first words Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and medical officer of health of the Northwestern Health Unit, said Saturday as he encouraged delegates at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting to establish anti-smoking bylaws in their communities. […]
The Town of Fort Frances will take the next step to getting a proposed remand centre here after approving a draft proposal presented by consultants Sandy Baroudi and Gerry Pisarzowski of the Toronto-based Advisory Services//GPA. “We have to move to forward on this so we can have a maintenance of […]
The contract to construct the River Walk Condominium project on Front Street could be awarded today and then presented at tonight’s public meeting, Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach said. The deadline for bids from companies vying to build the 32-unit complex was 2 p.m. today. The Fort Frances Non-Profit Housing […]
Whether Fort Frances will land a remand centre, replacing the jail which is slated to close in 2004, is be one of the items topping the agenda at Monday night’s town council meeting. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said this morning he wasn’t sure what the consultants—Sandy Baroudi and Gerry Pisarzowski of […]
After wrapping up their investigation Sunday morning, the Fort Frances Fire Department has determined a fire at Carpet and Tile Discounters early Friday was accidental. “There was a baseboard heater involved. After looking at the events that led up to the fire, we’ve determined it was an accident,” Fire Chief […]
The upcoming World Health Organization’s conference on safe communities and instituting anti-smoking bylaws are two of the many items on the agenda when the Rainy River District Municipal Association meets Saturday at the Red Dog Inn here. “First, we’re going to give an overview of the conference,” said Doug Anderson, […]
Firefighters on Friday afternoon still were combing through the scene of a fire that scorched a Scott Street business early this morning. The Fort Frances Fire Department responded to 608 Scott St. after Carpet and Tile Discounters was reported being ablaze around 4:30 a.m. Firefighters arrived to find the rear […]
